Skip to main content

{0} Home - Ukiyo-e Collection at SOAS, University of London

Ukiyo-e Collection

SOAS Digital Collections

  • Regions
  • Subjects
  • Languages
  • Archives
  • Map browse
  • All items
  • Advanced search

亜墨利加国賑之図  

Publication Date:  1861
Creator:  歌川, 広重 2世, 1826-1869
Utagawa, Hiroshige, 1826?-1869
Publisher:  Yamajin
Measurements:  36.4 x 25.0 cm
Subjects:  Towns
Cities and towns
United States
都市と町
町
都市
アメリカ合衆国
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Kyokun Zenaku Kozō Zoroe  

Publication Date:  1857
Creator:  歌川, 国芳, 1797-1861
Utagawa, Kuniyoshi, 1798-1861
Publisher:  Fujiokaya Keijirō, Yamaguchiya Tōbei
Measurements:  17.0 x 24.0 cm
Subjects:  Boys
少年
Moral education
Shopkeeper
Courtesy
Etiquette
Manners
Shingaku
Clerks
Shop assistants
道徳教育
店主
店員
礼儀
礼儀作法
マナー
心学
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

平治物語  

Publication Date:  Late-17th century
Material:  Stich-bound illustated manuscripts
Measurements:  H23.5 x W17.05cm
Subjects:  Japan -- History -- Hōgen and Heiji Insurrections, 1156-1159 -- Fiction
平治の乱
日本 -- 平治の乱
アジア -- 日本 -- 関西 - 京都府 - 京都
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

東都両国之風景  

Publication Date:  1840
Creator:  昇亭, 北寿, 1763-1824?
Shōtei Hokuju, 1763-1824?
昇亭北壽
Publisher:  Yamamoto-ya Heikichi
Measurements:  24.7 x 35.8 cm
Subjects:  Ryōgoku (Tokyo, Japan)
両国
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

黃表紙十種  

Publication Date:  Taishō 7 [1918]
Creator:  Tsukamoto, Tetsuzō, 1881-1953
塚本哲三, 1881-1953
Publisher:  Yūhōdō ( Tōkyō )
有朋堂 ( 東京 )
Format:  12, 2, 298 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Subjects:  Japanese fiction -- Edo period, 1600-1868
日本の小説 -- 江戸時代, 1600から1868
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Crane and chicks in a nest on a pine tree  

Publication Date:  circa 1790
Creator:  喜多川, 歌麿, 1753-1806
Kitagawa, Utamaro, 1753?-1806
Publisher:  Moriya Jihei
Measurements:  34.5 x 23.3 cm
Subjects:  鳥類
Pine
Trees
木
Cranes (Birds)
Chicks
Birds
ツル
マツ
雛
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Actors of the Kabuki stage  

Creator:  勝川, 春英, 1762-1819
Katsukawa, Shunʼei, 1762-1819
Format:  1 album, each sheet H31 x W14.5 cm
Measurements:  31.0 x 14.0 (each sheet)
Technique:  Ukiyoe print, Hosoban format
Subjects:  Kabuki
Actors
歌舞伎
俳優
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

平治物語  

Publication Date:  Late-17th century
Material:  Stich-bound illustated manuscripts
Measurements:  H23.5 x W17.05cm
Subjects:  Japan -- History -- Hōgen and Heiji Insurrections, 1156-1159 -- Fiction
平治の乱
日本 -- 平治の乱
アジア -- 日本 -- 関西 - 京都府 - 京都
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Waka Murasaki nenju gyoji no uchi, Minazuki  

Publication Date:  1849/1850
Creator:  歌川, 豊国 3世, 1786-1864
Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1786-1865
Publisher:  Ebisuya
Measurements:  35.7 x 24.7 cm
Subjects:  Moon
Boats and boating
Princes
Gardens
月
ボート
Aristocracy (Social class)
貴族制
Princesses
Ponds
プリンス
プリンセス
池
庭園
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

People visiting a shrine to offer prayers  

Publication Date:  circa 1850
Creator:  歌川, 国盛 2世
Utagawa, Kunimori, active 1839-1868
Publisher:  Wakamatsu
Measurements:  36.8 x 24.4 cm
Subjects:  Shrines
神社
Prayers
祈り
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

[Actor Osagawa Tsuneyo III]  

Publication Date:  circa 1784
Creator:  勝川, 春好, 1743-1812
Katsukawa, Shunkō, 1743-1812
Subjects:  Kabuki
Actors
歌舞伎
俳優
Osagawa Tsuneyo, fl. 1792-1813
小佐川常世 3世, 1792-1813の栄え
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

[Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō V a Gokuin Sen-emon, in the kabuki play ''Karigane gonin otoko", performed at Nakamura theatre in 1780]  

Publication Date:  1780
Creator:  勝川, 春章, 1726-1792
Katsukawa, Shunshō, 1726-1793
Subjects:  Kabuki
Actors
歌舞伎
俳優
Nakamura-za
Nakamura theatre
中村座
Ichikawa, Danjūrō, 1741-1806
市川, 団十郎 5世, 1741-1806
Karigane gonin otoko
雁金五人男
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

An old man and an old woman playing at neck tug-of-war  

Publication Date:  circa 1850
Creator:  歌川, 国芳, 1797-1861
Utagawa, Kuniyoshi, 1798-1861
Publisher:  Tama-Sō
Measurements:  24.4 x 36.8 cm
Subjects:  Horses
Women
Men
Games
女性
ゲーム
Tug of war (Game)
Foxes
綱引き
男性
ウマ
キツネ
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

[Actor Sawamura Sojnro III]  

Publication Date:  circa 1780
Creator:  勝川, 春好, 1743-1812
Katsukawa, Shunkō, 1743-1812
Subjects:  Kabuki
Actors
歌舞伎
俳優
Sawamura Sōjūro, 1753-1801
沢村, 宗十郎 3世, 1753-1801
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Actor Ichikawa Omezō as a woodsman, carrying a bundle of faggots on his back and holding a pipe in his right hand  

Publication Date:  1804
Creator:  歌川, 豊国 3世, 1786-1864
Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1786-1865
Publisher:  Tsurukin
Measurements:  38.5 x 26.0 cm
Subjects:  Pipe smoking
Kabuki
Actors
Tobacco pipes
歌舞伎
俳優
パイプ (タバコ)
Woodsmen
Faggots
Sticks
Ichikawa Omezō
分枝
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
My digital collections
All collections
Ask us a question OR Tell us of your Journey

SOAS Library Catalogue

  • Privacy
  • Permissions
  • Take-Down Policy
  • Content Warnings
  • Statistics
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Google+
  • YouTube
  • LinkedIn
  • SoundCloud
  • Instagram
  • Weibo
© 2016, SOAS, University of London - Powered by SobekCM with assistance from SobekDigital